jellyback
April 3rd 2008 22:15
Well I
am confused. Kevin Rudd, the left hand, is running around Europe pledging Australia as the missing link in solving climate change, and at the crucial UN talks in Bangkok our delegation, the right hand, has jellybacked and appears to be shooting for "aspirational" targets, which we all know is jellyback talk for doing; de nada.
Now I was under the impression that delegations were supposed to reflect the views of the government, so where do we stand? Read this article in the Australian for a rather negative view on what the delegation using our countires name is up to in Bangkok
If this is the government testing the water to see what backlash there will be if they back down, then I guess we better all make some noise.
It seems at the conference the US delegation is using the R word to spook the delegates, yes they are bringing the recession into this. - As an aside it would seem to me a good way to get out of a recession would be to create a new industry in your country, and cleantech could solve that problem but I dont have an economy to run - All I know is that all the candidates in the upcomng election appear to have sound Green policies, which will supercede the current US delegation, so it would be a shame for the US to derail the talks once again.
Anyhow, the fat lady hasn't sung, something good may come out of the talks, but we could sure use a bit of passion and commttment from our delegation. Bring back Penny Wong....
Happy Friday
Louie
If you want to know more about these talks CLICK HERE
Here is a summary of what the talks are about from the UNFCC leader Yvo De Boer
Now I was under the impression that delegations were supposed to reflect the views of the government, so where do we stand? Read this article in the Australian for a rather negative view on what the delegation using our countires name is up to in Bangkok
If this is the government testing the water to see what backlash there will be if they back down, then I guess we better all make some noise.
It seems at the conference the US delegation is using the R word to spook the delegates, yes they are bringing the recession into this. - As an aside it would seem to me a good way to get out of a recession would be to create a new industry in your country, and cleantech could solve that problem but I dont have an economy to run - All I know is that all the candidates in the upcomng election appear to have sound Green policies, which will supercede the current US delegation, so it would be a shame for the US to derail the talks once again.
Anyhow, the fat lady hasn't sung, something good may come out of the talks, but we could sure use a bit of passion and commttment from our delegation. Bring back Penny Wong....
Happy Friday
Louie
If you want to know more about these talks CLICK HERE
Here is a summary of what the talks are about from the UNFCC leader Yvo De Boer
At the opening press conference in Bangkok, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, explained the work of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action under the Convention, and the Working Group on further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol:
“What both these processes are primarily about is setting goals going into the future."
He said that this involved "defining the level of ambition that industrialized countries can achieve by taking on emission reduction commitments,"as well as "examining to what extent developing countries can take real, measurable and verifiable action to combat climate change, providing that real, measurable and verifiable money is on the table." It also meant focusing on what adaptation measures need to be taken in the future, he said.
“What both these processes are primarily about is setting goals going into the future."
He said that this involved "defining the level of ambition that industrialized countries can achieve by taking on emission reduction commitments,"as well as "examining to what extent developing countries can take real, measurable and verifiable action to combat climate change, providing that real, measurable and verifiable money is on the table." It also meant focusing on what adaptation measures need to be taken in the future, he said.
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